Single crystals of the layered dichalcogenides MoS2 and WS2 grown by liquid phase transport

Abstract

The growth of single crystals of MoS2 and WS2 by materials transport through a liquid salt flux made from a low melting mixture of NaCl and CsCl is described. The crystals are characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, which reveals that they are 2H-MoS2 with a small percentage (about 3%) of 3R intergrowths. The 2H-WS2 crystals display less than 1% of 3R intergrowths. Photoluminescence spectra of exfoliated monolayers suggest that MoS2 grown by this method has superior crystallinity in comparison to commercially-available MoS2 crystals.

arXiv comment24 pages, 8 figures. SI: 4 tables

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